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that is his obama care effectively. finding bits and pieces to pull together to create this new energy strategy. and i think he's going to lay some of that out. i also think there's going to be a lot of emphasis on social issues whether it's guns, whether it's gay marriage. you look at how democrats are sort of stacking the audience. because everyone is a member plus one. >> do you think it's going to be partisan? do you think it's going to be -- some people are speculating it's going to be my way or the highway. >> yes, very much so. >> no sequester. small budget cuts. and you got to raise more tax revenues? do you expect that? >> absolutely. i think he has the political momentum behind him to go into that space. but as you've noted and as the polls are beginning to show, people got their paychecks the last two weeks in the month of january and they've noticed a lot less money. number one. number two, there's still a significant number of people unemployed. they're looking for a conversation from the president -- line
that is his obama care effectively. finding bits and pieces to pull together to create this new energy strategy. and i think he's going to lay some of that out. i also think there's going to be a lot of emphasis on social issues whether it's guns, whether it's gay marriage. you look at how democrats are sort of stacking the audience. because everyone is a member plus one. >> do you think it's going to be partisan? do you think it's going to be -- some people are speculating it's going to...
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he posted a town hall for obama in 2011. cheryl bandberg was a big fund-raiser for obama but investor and board member bark andariesen publicly backed mitt romney for president. donations are capped at $800 per head. it may be tough to tell through all the security and events are organizers are not releasing a list of who is expected to be here. >> julia, thank you very, very much. i want to ask my panelist, kelly ann, begin with you. this money from zuckerburg is not going to the foundation, it's going to chris christie's campaign. what does that mean? >> it's really great for mark zuckerberg. he's breaking a lot in silicon valley. for the democratic party. it shows he's willing to put political muscle behind public policy issues he and his wife care about. if i were governor christie, mark zuckerberg would be like a walking demographic dream for me, the youth vote, jewish vote, tech vote, tech money. i think they're going to have a tough talk about education reform, which is working in new jersey. >> is it going to be pres
he posted a town hall for obama in 2011. cheryl bandberg was a big fund-raiser for obama but investor and board member bark andariesen publicly backed mitt romney for president. donations are capped at $800 per head. it may be tough to tell through all the security and events are organizers are not releasing a list of who is expected to be here. >> julia, thank you very, very much. i want to ask my panelist, kelly ann, begin with you. this money from zuckerburg is not going to the...
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the state of the union last night in the wake of that, take a look at mcdonald's, president obama talks about a $9 minimum wage floor, what is that doing to mcdonald's today? we're not immune to the rhetoric. the problem for the market right now is over the next couple of weeks, there's not much out there that will allow us to look at the potential story. >> merck warning the company will take a 5% per share hit due to venezuela's currency devaluation. josh, what do you think here? until they devalue again this say one-time thing, right? >> yeah, i think this is one of those things that most people should not pay too much attention to, because really at the end of the day, who knows. >> if you've been paying attention to venezuela at all you knew this was coming at some point. burning through reserves like crazy. >> when is the last time anyone's seen this guy. >> december 11th, hasn't tweeted in 151 days. >> it's a murder mystery in venezuela. i'll try not trading that one. >> i'll make it simple, pfizer is the thing you want to own. >> i'm long pfizer so i agree. >> jcpenney boosting
the state of the union last night in the wake of that, take a look at mcdonald's, president obama talks about a $9 minimum wage floor, what is that doing to mcdonald's today? we're not immune to the rhetoric. the problem for the market right now is over the next couple of weeks, there's not much out there that will allow us to look at the potential story. >> merck warning the company will take a 5% per share hit due to venezuela's currency devaluation. josh, what do you think here? until...
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this is an obama-type defense on spending cuts. next thing you want is revenues to help the post office go through. what's go pac? i'm sorry. >> it's a teachable moment as guy talked about. this is what happens when you allow the government to come in and run an industry that in treery is private. it is not. any decision the post office wants to make to become more efficient, they have to say mother may i. in this administration you see whether it's the epa that wants to continue to regulate the energy industry, trying to do more in the car industry, trying to take over the health care industry. >> can i just interject? you see the problems between government has mother may i decisions over the economy. >> it has nothing to do with the obama administration. the problems of the post office go back way before president obama existed. the reality is it's an inefficient organization that has to answer to the government to make decisions. the problem is people aren't using the post office. >> let me make a quick point. first of all it's
this is an obama-type defense on spending cuts. next thing you want is revenues to help the post office go through. what's go pac? i'm sorry. >> it's a teachable moment as guy talked about. this is what happens when you allow the government to come in and run an industry that in treery is private. it is not. any decision the post office wants to make to become more efficient, they have to say mother may i. in this administration you see whether it's the epa that wants to continue to...
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we're going to look in on president obama in newport news, virginia. a big shipbuilding and military site down there in norfolk, chesapeake bay area. when we come back, talking about big federal budget cuts among other things will affect defense scheduled to kick in on friday. john harwood is monitoring this and will join us after a quick break. we will take you there to newport news when "power lunch" returns. >>> meantime, ty, gold is getting a big boost, gold up $28, all due to the fed chairman mr. bernanke. we'll have the closing numbers for you. >>> then what happens when things get personal in business. macy's head and martha stewart were friends before martha hooked up with jcpenney. they are not friends anymore. [ whirring ] [ creaking ] [ male announcer ] trophies and awards lift you up. but they can also hold you back. unless you ask, what's next? [ zapping ] [ clang ] this is the next level of performance. the next level of innovation. the next rx. the f sport. this is the pursuit of perfection. but we can still help you see your big picture
we're going to look in on president obama in newport news, virginia. a big shipbuilding and military site down there in norfolk, chesapeake bay area. when we come back, talking about big federal budget cuts among other things will affect defense scheduled to kick in on friday. john harwood is monitoring this and will join us after a quick break. we will take you there to newport news when "power lunch" returns. >>> meantime, ty, gold is getting a big boost, gold up $28, all...
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obama sees the economy and whether he winunderstands that. if you're going to take away from some in order to give to others, i don't think that will be effective or received very well outside his base. >> a year ago it was the buffet rule. it was warren buffett's secretary in the first lady's box this year it's going to be the likes of a tim cook bringing mcintosh production back to the states. do you think we've edged off of that class warfare a about bit? >> i don't know. i want to hear what the president has to say. i have heard different things but have not read the speech. if he wants to go protectionist, for example, i think that will be poorly received, frankly, again, outside of his own union base and so forth. the tim cook thing is fascinating. i get that. if you bring manufacturing facilities home, that would be great. cut the corporate tax rate that would give them an incentive. regulate less that would give them an incentive to come home. >> certainly he will talk about incentives to try to bring manufacturing back home. i would
obama sees the economy and whether he winunderstands that. if you're going to take away from some in order to give to others, i don't think that will be effective or received very well outside his base. >> a year ago it was the buffet rule. it was warren buffett's secretary in the first lady's box this year it's going to be the likes of a tim cook bringing mcintosh production back to the states. do you think we've edged off of that class warfare a about bit? >> i don't know. i want...
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. >> and president obama finally set to meet with congressional leaders to try to avoid devastating spending cuts. that's cut news, right? the bad news. the meeting is coming hours before the cuts are set to kick. in the meeting is friday, march 1st. is there any real hope a deal can be reached? the day that the cuts are going to take effect. we'll have the latest with republican senator john holman weighing in later on the "closing bell." ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it was designed to escape the ordinary. it feels like it can escape gravity. ♪ the 2013 c-class coupe. ♪ starting at $37,800. ♪ >>> welcome back. stocks are skyrocketing today. the dow getting ever closer to a record high. take a look. we're up 204 points as we speak. we're seeing new money come into this market as we approach the close with 35 minutes left before the bell sounds. we're just about 80 points away from an all-time high on the dow jones industrial average. >> even now closer than that, given this move that we've had in the last ten minutes. definitely have some buying picking up in the last few minute, and it
. >> and president obama finally set to meet with congressional leaders to try to avoid devastating spending cuts. that's cut news, right? the bad news. the meeting is coming hours before the cuts are set to kick. in the meeting is friday, march 1st. is there any real hope a deal can be reached? the day that the cuts are going to take effect. we'll have the latest with republican senator john holman weighing in later on the "closing bell." ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it was...
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first by president obama at the white house when he talked to the nation's governors about ways in which the automatic spending kutss will hurt their states trying to get them to put pressure on the congress. but he also described a way out for republicans and democrats. here's the president. >> democrats like me need to acknowledge that we're going to have to make modest reforms in medicare if we want the program there for future generations and if we hope to maintain our ability to invest in critical things like education, research, and infrastructure. but we also need republicans to adopt the same approach to tax reform that spaker boehner championed just two months ago. >> but of course of the two parts the president outlined, republicans only agree with the first which is a point boehner made at his news conference about a half an hour ago. here's the speaker. >> the president says we have to have another tax increase in order to avoid the sequester. well, mr. president, you got your tax increase. it's time to cut spending here in washington. >> and that is the stalemate in a nutshe
first by president obama at the white house when he talked to the nation's governors about ways in which the automatic spending kutss will hurt their states trying to get them to put pressure on the congress. but he also described a way out for republicans and democrats. here's the president. >> democrats like me need to acknowledge that we're going to have to make modest reforms in medicare if we want the program there for future generations and if we hope to maintain our ability to...
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president obama went to new port news, virginia, and tried to make the case that the sequester was going to hurt jobs in the state of virginia. scores of thousands of defense jobs are going to be subject to a sequester and then back in washington you had house speaker john boehner accusing democrats in the senate of not doing their work and putting forth an alternative. here's john boehner. >> we have moved a bill in the house twice. we should not have to move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and begins to do something. >> reporter: now, we had harry reid respond afterwards and said it's the house of representatives that is sitting on their postiors because the house passed their bills last year. they haven't acted. we are going to get votes in the senate over the next couple of days on a democratic and republican alternative to replace sequester but, of course, everyone knows, sue, that neither one of those bills is going to pass so the president is going to keep pounding. republicans are going to try to hold line on taxes, and we've got an unresolved standoff that will
president obama went to new port news, virginia, and tried to make the case that the sequester was going to hurt jobs in the state of virginia. scores of thousands of defense jobs are going to be subject to a sequester and then back in washington you had house speaker john boehner accusing democrats in the senate of not doing their work and putting forth an alternative. here's john boehner. >> we have moved a bill in the house twice. we should not have to move a third bill before the...
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and obama care is not even mandated until 2014. what makes you think that given all the headwinds that we're going to see, just in terms of, you know, regulations and new programs that in 2014 we're going to be in a better position to absorb some of these cuts? i'm worried now we're never going to be in a good position to absorb cuts economically. we may never have any growth. >> i'm more optimistic than that. we've talked about this before, joe. but, i think 2013, in gdp terms, is a transitional year, transitioning from these five years of weakness following all the events of 2008, into a stronger economy, mid 2014, end of 2014 -- >> that's a long transition. >> i think that's the case because of housing, because of energy, because of manufacturing, because of the end of household deleveraging, and i really think we're going to enter into a stronger period. it's not going to be this year. but i think it's coming. >> roger i want to go back to what becky said, which is let's say if you had a week to redo this plan. you still have t
and obama care is not even mandated until 2014. what makes you think that given all the headwinds that we're going to see, just in terms of, you know, regulations and new programs that in 2014 we're going to be in a better position to absorb some of these cuts? i'm worried now we're never going to be in a good position to absorb cuts economically. we may never have any growth. >> i'm more optimistic than that. we've talked about this before, joe. but, i think 2013, in gdp terms, is a...
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president obama does okay on that score. he's 48% of the country say he's trying to bring the country together. 43% say he's taking a partisan approach. but republicans get hammered by the public. only 22% credit republicans with trying to bring the country together. three times that many just about, 64%, say they're driving the country apart -- in a partisan way. and when you look at the issues at stake, each side has some advantages. but -- from the democratic point of view, looking out for the middle class, 22% advantage for the democrats. on the issue of taxes which is traditionally a republican strength, democrats have a small advantage plus 3%. republicans on the flip side, who would do better at protecting a strong defense? 26% advantage for republicans. who'd do better at reducing the deficit? 6% advantage for republicans. so each side brings strengths to this issue. but president obama clearly has the high ground in terms of the bully pulpit and trying to put pressure on republicans. he hasn't been able to put enoug
president obama does okay on that score. he's 48% of the country say he's trying to bring the country together. 43% say he's taking a partisan approach. but republicans get hammered by the public. only 22% credit republicans with trying to bring the country together. three times that many just about, 64%, say they're driving the country apart -- in a partisan way. and when you look at the issues at stake, each side has some advantages. but -- from the democratic point of view, looking out for...
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. >>> president obama says more tax revenue will be needed to help reduce the deficit. he'll push to get rid of loopholes such as the carried interest tax break enjoyed by private equity firms and hedge funds. >> i don't think the issue right now is raising rates. the question is, if we're going to be serious about reducing our deficit, can we combine some smart spending cuts, because there's still waste in government, can we reform our health care programs in particular because we spend a lot more on health care than every other country does and we don't get better outcome. so there's a lot of waste in the system and there are things that we can do to reduce health care costs. >> asked about the contraction in fourth quarter gdp in the u.s., president obama blames the dysfunction in washington surrounding the fiscal cliff. a sharp drop in spending did over-shadow strong housing data. it followed unexpectedly strong defense spending in the fourth quarter. maybe some positive news there. tina, from citi, she's been taking a look at what the president has to do, i guess,
. >>> president obama says more tax revenue will be needed to help reduce the deficit. he'll push to get rid of loopholes such as the carried interest tax break enjoyed by private equity firms and hedge funds. >> i don't think the issue right now is raising rates. the question is, if we're going to be serious about reducing our deficit, can we combine some smart spending cuts, because there's still waste in government, can we reform our health care programs in particular because...
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president obama, holding a white house open data day hack-a-thon. today. joe had a different view of what a hack-a-thon was in the white house. but we'll bring -- >> bringing back gibbs and axelrod, and -- >> colleagues of yours. >> colleagues of yours. okay. we're going to continue on. the administration is inviting developers and tech experts to come share some ideas, hack-a-thons are common in the tech industry with the goal to figuring out creative solutions to problems you may remember facebook engineers celebrated their ipo by having a hack-a-thon. don't worry, jim. >> you got to love the name hack-a-thon, don't you? >> the fed minutes spooked investors on thursday. and our next guest took to twitter to offer his thoughts. joining us right now is bill gross. he is the co-cio founder and managing director at pimco and bill it's great to see you this morning thanks for getting up early with us. >> thank you, becky. i'm wide awake. >> we have been talking about your tweet all morning long. talked a little bit earlier just for anybody who didn't see it.
president obama, holding a white house open data day hack-a-thon. today. joe had a different view of what a hack-a-thon was in the white house. but we'll bring -- >> bringing back gibbs and axelrod, and -- >> colleagues of yours. >> colleagues of yours. okay. we're going to continue on. the administration is inviting developers and tech experts to come share some ideas, hack-a-thons are common in the tech industry with the goal to figuring out creative solutions to problems...
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obama would be such -- there are people who told me obama is such an assassination target, that's a bad reason to vote. >> you can't generalize. i think we should be open to be able to bring up real issues that are issues. >> it is a massive epidemic. if we're not able to talk about it as americans -- >> we can talk about it. >> we're going to take a break here. guys, break time. >>> still ahead, lord of the flies meets a carnival cruise. why do people go on cruises anymore? >> when we come back, the man who says he killed bin laden tells all. why can't anybody keep a secret anymore about anything. >>> and do our heroes deserve more, when we get back? [ ship horn blows ] no, no, no! stop! humans. one day we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... not so much. but that's okay -- you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insurance. total your car and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. learn about it at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? it's lots of things. all wa
obama would be such -- there are people who told me obama is such an assassination target, that's a bad reason to vote. >> you can't generalize. i think we should be open to be able to bring up real issues that are issues. >> it is a massive epidemic. if we're not able to talk about it as americans -- >> we can talk about it. >> we're going to take a break here. guys, break time. >>> still ahead, lord of the flies meets a carnival cruise. why do people go on...
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obama would be such -- there are people who told me obama is such an assassination target, that's a bad reason to vote. >> you can't generalize. i think we should be open to be able to bring up real issues that are issues. >> it is a massive epidemic. if we're not able to talk about it as americans -- >> we can talk about it. >> we're going to take a break here. guys, break time. >>> still ahead, "lord of the flies" meets a carnival cruise. why do people go on cruises anymore? >> when we come back, the man who says he killed bin laden tells all. why can't anybody keep a secret anymore about anything. >>> and do our heroes deserve more, when we get back? [ nyquil bottle ] hey tylenol, you know we're kinda like twins. [ tylenol bottle ] we are? yeah we both relieve coughs, sneezing, aches, fevers. and i relieve nasal congestion. overachiever. [ female announcer ] tylenol® cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion. nyquil® cold and flu doesn't. relieves nasal congestion. feby earning your degree fromore racapella university,re. you'll have the knowledge to advance your caree
obama would be such -- there are people who told me obama is such an assassination target, that's a bad reason to vote. >> you can't generalize. i think we should be open to be able to bring up real issues that are issues. >> it is a massive epidemic. if we're not able to talk about it as americans -- >> we can talk about it. >> we're going to take a break here. guys, break time. >>> still ahead, "lord of the flies" meets a carnival cruise. why do...
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obama would be such -- there are people who told me obama is such an assassination target, that's a bad reason to vote. >> you can't generalize. i think we should be open to be able to bring up real issues that are issues. >> it is a massive epidemic. if we're not able to talk about it as americans -- >> we can talk about it. >> we're going to take a break here. guys, break time. >>> still ahead, "lord of the flies" meets a carnival cruise. why do people go on cruises anymore? >> when we come back, the man who says he killed bin laden tells all. why can't anybody keep a secret anymore about anything. >>> and do our heroes deserve more, when we get back? >>> we're spending billions of dollars. we're still no closer to defeating our enemies. >> 20 detainees recognize that photo. >> no birth certificate, no cell phone. >> hand out of your pocket. do it! >> that was from the oscar nominated "zero dark thirty." the film is fictionalized, but now the navy s.e.a.l. who says he shot bin laden is telling his secrets. stan, let me start with you. first of all, do you have any promise whatsoever t
obama would be such -- there are people who told me obama is such an assassination target, that's a bad reason to vote. >> you can't generalize. i think we should be open to be able to bring up real issues that are issues. >> it is a massive epidemic. if we're not able to talk about it as americans -- >> we can talk about it. >> we're going to take a break here. guys, break time. >>> still ahead, "lord of the flies" meets a carnival cruise. why do...
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obama's going to win this easily. >> the question is why obama won by such a margin. there's been such a demographic shift in the united states. i thought it changed because of a charismatic candidate. 8 million whites stayed home in 2012. i think the republican party has to change in fundamental ways otherwise it will never win another election. >> i agree with you. you got turfed out of fox yesterday which people are interpreting as that style of republican front person. what do you say to that? is that why fox let you go? >> no. >> and what does that mean for the party, your involvement in it at all. some people will say, we don't care what he has to say. he's irrelevant now. >> the point is, that that's changes are fundamental, and we need to recognize them -- that does not mean we back off from our core principles, now that the taxes have been raised on rich people, you have a simple fight with obama. more spending against less, more debt against less. the republicans can win that fight. they have to stop victimizing latinos and women. start with the latinos. rep
obama's going to win this easily. >> the question is why obama won by such a margin. there's been such a demographic shift in the united states. i thought it changed because of a charismatic candidate. 8 million whites stayed home in 2012. i think the republican party has to change in fundamental ways otherwise it will never win another election. >> i agree with you. you got turfed out of fox yesterday which people are interpreting as that style of republican front person. what do...
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. >> reporter: president obama heads to mon monday. his first stop in a campaign to win support for his gun policy proposals. an effort he promised in newtown. >> in the coming weeks i will use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens. >> reporter: he'll meet with precedents and police in minneapolis, a city the white house says has taken important steps to reduce gun violence. over the weekend the white house released this photo of the president skeet shooting, a nod to gun shorts signaling gun owners have nothing to fear. >> it will be hard, but the time is now. you must act. >> former congresswoman gabby giffords, shot in the head two years ago, urged congress to be courageous and support measures like universal background checks and limiting the size of gun mg zens. steps the national rifle association rejected. >> law abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violence or deranged criminals. nor do we believe that government should dictate what we can lawfully own and use to protect our families.
. >> reporter: president obama heads to mon monday. his first stop in a campaign to win support for his gun policy proposals. an effort he promised in newtown. >> in the coming weeks i will use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens. >> reporter: he'll meet with precedents and police in minneapolis, a city the white house says has taken important steps to reduce gun violence. over the weekend the white house released this photo of the president skeet...
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pain over. >>> we are waiting for president obama to speak there. a live picture, he's going to ie introducing the president shortly. he's talking about making the case for how devastating automatic spending cuts are going to impact all of us, starting this friday. we're talking about $85 billion over 7 month period shot from the federal budget if congress and the white house, but if congress doesn't do anything. automatically happen across the board. no deal has been made dealing with the federal deficit and the budget itself. so this is expected to take place friday here. almost no federal agency's going to be immune from all of this. i want to bring in a senior writer at cnn money. we've heard a lot of bluster from both sides here. give us the real deal on impact of how this is going to impact us, these cuts here. $85 billion over 7 months. who's going to feel it first and how long is it going to take? >> thanks. we have two group that will will feel it first. among the first groups 2 million people right now on long-term unemployment benefits, t
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but i will begin with you van jones former obama adviser. let me ask you this, do you believe, even with the emotion, do you believe that left and right can come together and get something done that would be meaningful on gun control? >> well, first of all, i think that even the second time you hear the president make that powerful, powerful statement, it's emotional. he really struck a chord. i think that will go down as one of his most defining moments where he spoke to the heart of the issue and the heart of the country. i hope that we can get something done. i will tell you why. some funerals get on television. a lot of funerals don't. i think americans are tired of going to funerals and seeing young people in the caskets and old folks like me and you in the pews. i'm tired of seeing prom pictures being used on funeral programs. i'm tired of that. some programs are about assault weapons and we talked about the fact it is mostly hand guchbs. some won't get to the violence but i hope we will. >> because there is one reason, i have covered
but i will begin with you van jones former obama adviser. let me ask you this, do you believe, even with the emotion, do you believe that left and right can come together and get something done that would be meaningful on gun control? >> well, first of all, i think that even the second time you hear the president make that powerful, powerful statement, it's emotional. he really struck a chord. i think that will go down as one of his most defining moments where he spoke to the heart of the...
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right at cue, the skeet shooting obama doll goes on sale. the people at hero builders are trying to cash in on the micro controversy. it comes with a toy hunting shotgun and you'll remember the white house released a photo of the president skeet shooting at camp david after critics on the right questioned whether he really did. so i was telling berman that i actually have an obama doll from hero builders and also a sarah pal palin. and i couldn't bring them in because they weren't wearing any clothes. my daughter plays with them, so i couldn't find any clothes for them this morning. >> i'll let that one slide. no comment there. >> the sarah palin one looks just like sarah palin. obama not so much. >> without clothes. >> i wouldn't know. >> lady gaga's diva demands. it really is as bizarre as some of her outfits. in her suite she requires a mannequin specifically with pink hair everywhere. she also requires fresh roses, white leather couches, black satin drapes an old rock posters from her naffavorite artists. and 40 bottles of room temperatu
right at cue, the skeet shooting obama doll goes on sale. the people at hero builders are trying to cash in on the micro controversy. it comes with a toy hunting shotgun and you'll remember the white house released a photo of the president skeet shooting at camp david after critics on the right questioned whether he really did. so i was telling berman that i actually have an obama doll from hero builders and also a sarah pal palin. and i couldn't bring them in because they weren't wearing any...
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this is the -- their reports interrupted president obama during a speech. we know where they're coming from. so the fact that they have two anonymous sources that are saying this has to be suspect. now, if it was another legitimate news organization that didn't have this kind of bent, it would be a different story. >> what about as we just saw, when the senator himself denies it on camera to cnn, does that not open the door for other organizations to cover it? >> you can cover it after he says that as cnn did. a great question by dana. good for her for getting the interview, for raising a prickly topic. but to go on the record talking about whether or not he had been with prostitutes before he even addresses it with two anonymous sources, isn't this program called "reliable sources"? isn't this what journalists do is not run anonymous sources? >> because we're reliable, we asked the daily caller for a response. they did not release their names and they obscured their faces. it is difficult and, inform, axe and "the new york times" say they have investigated
this is the -- their reports interrupted president obama during a speech. we know where they're coming from. so the fact that they have two anonymous sources that are saying this has to be suspect. now, if it was another legitimate news organization that didn't have this kind of bent, it would be a different story. >> what about as we just saw, when the senator himself denies it on camera to cnn, does that not open the door for other organizations to cover it? >> you can cover it...
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proof that president obama has been skeet shooting. a picture from last august released by the white house this weekend. david plouffe, a former obama aide, tweeted, let the photoshop conspiracies begin. some critics did question if the photo was real. highlighting the mistrust advocates have of president obama as he tackles of issue of gun violence. >> we don't have to agree on everything to agree it's time to do something. >> reporter: in minneapolis, he repeated his call for a ban on military-style assault weapons. >> that deserves a vote in congress. because weapons of war have no place on our streets. or in our schools or threatening our law enforcement officers. >> reporter: the measure lacks support in congress. even among some democrats like senate majority leader harry reid. he was asked this weekend if he would support it. >> i don't know, i didn't vote for the assault weapons last time because it didn't make sense. but i'll take a look at it. i think everyone acknowledges we should do something with background checks. >> rep
proof that president obama has been skeet shooting. a picture from last august released by the white house this weekend. david plouffe, a former obama aide, tweeted, let the photoshop conspiracies begin. some critics did question if the photo was real. highlighting the mistrust advocates have of president obama as he tackles of issue of gun violence. >> we don't have to agree on everything to agree it's time to do something. >> reporter: in minneapolis, he repeated his call for a...
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michelle obama attended her funeral services over the weekend. soledad. >> all right. got lots to talk about as we hear from cardinal -- archbishop dolan of new york, talking about how sad he is hearing word that the pope is resigning. he said this, is he the one, meaning pope benedict, who appointed me archbishop of new york. i am wearing the ring he gave me, the cross he gave me and i am feeling particular loss and sadness. talking on "today," about the sadness he feels. upon hearing word that pope benedict xvi resigning. >>> and administration officials say jobs and the state of the economy will be featured prominently in the state of the union address. jobs programs and an increase in the wages of american workers will be unveiled and talk about strengthening the economy. we'll head down tomorrow and wednesday morning. >>> lindsay graham threatening to hold up two nominees. graham will block john brennan from the cia director job and chuck hagel from the defense secretary post unless the white house gives more information about last year's at
michelle obama attended her funeral services over the weekend. soledad. >> all right. got lots to talk about as we hear from cardinal -- archbishop dolan of new york, talking about how sad he is hearing word that the pope is resigning. he said this, is he the one, meaning pope benedict, who appointed me archbishop of new york. i am wearing the ring he gave me, the cross he gave me and i am feeling particular loss and sadness. talking on "today," about the sadness he feels. upon...
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. >> president obama is in florida in weekend getting in golf at a resort. a little while ago, fighter jets had to escort a plane out of air space where the president is staying. the faa is investigating. meantime the president used his weekly address to reinforce the state of the union address, calling for new programs to stimulate the economy. >> we need to launch manufacturing hubs across the country that will transform hard hit regions into global centers of high tech jobs and manufacturers. we need to make the tax code more competitive. and reward companies that create jobs here at home. >> in her party's weekly address, alabama congress woman blamed the president for the billions in spending cuts that could take effect on march 1st. >> as the clock is ticking towards his devastating sequester the president has failed to put forward a plan to prevent it, why? because president obama and senate democrats see his sequester as an opportunity to push through another tax increase. >> roby said that the president should consider the alternative budget cuts al
. >> president obama is in florida in weekend getting in golf at a resort. a little while ago, fighter jets had to escort a plane out of air space where the president is staying. the faa is investigating. meantime the president used his weekly address to reinforce the state of the union address, calling for new programs to stimulate the economy. >> we need to launch manufacturing hubs across the country that will transform hard hit regions into global centers of high tech jobs and...
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rubio has been more of the barack obama and hillary clinton model. he's been careful about how he uses that star power and also his opponent is probably paul ryan, who i thought gave a very weak speech at the national review institute. rubio is coming with new ideas and new ideas that will move his party to the center. outstanding choice. >> on immigration reform, he's joined forces with some democrats, comprehensive immigration reform. senator vitter of louisiana calls him naive. so he's getting some criticism from the right. >> naive for some means hopeful and optimistic for others and i think that's what some republicans have been lacking. we've been painted in the times, rightly so, that we're only the guys in suits and business men in an old world. are we the party for everyone? do we have an offer of better way for everyone in the united states, not just our alleged 53% which we didn't even have? and rubio, i think, speaks to that. >> he's got to be really careful in giving that republican response to the president's state of the union address.
rubio has been more of the barack obama and hillary clinton model. he's been careful about how he uses that star power and also his opponent is probably paul ryan, who i thought gave a very weak speech at the national review institute. rubio is coming with new ideas and new ideas that will move his party to the center. outstanding choice. >> on immigration reform, he's joined forces with some democrats, comprehensive immigration reform. senator vitter of louisiana calls him naive. so he's...
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take control of your retirement today. ♪ ♪ . >>> president obama is going to announce his nomination for the new secretary of interior, senior administration official tells cnn he is going to nominate the ceo of the outdoor equipment company rei, we will bring that announcement to you live when it happens. also, right now we understand they are speaking on capitol hill, these are house republicans, they have one thing on their plate here at least for today, that is cutting the spending, especially pentagon spending, they are trying to avoid the deep military cuts that automatically are going to trigger in about three weeks. defense chief leon panetta is now painting a gloomy worst case scenario, if that happens. >> make no mistake, if these cuts happen, there will be a serious disruption in defense programs and a sharp decline in our military readiness. we have already begun an all out effort to plan for how to operate under such a scenario. but it's also very clear, that there are no good options. >> i want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon. what is he talking about when he
take control of your retirement today. ♪ ♪ . >>> president obama is going to announce his nomination for the new secretary of interior, senior administration official tells cnn he is going to nominate the ceo of the outdoor equipment company rei, we will bring that announcement to you live when it happens. also, right now we understand they are speaking on capitol hill, these are house republicans, they have one thing on their plate here at least for today, that is cutting the...
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now, that's progressive. >>> president obama's state of the union speech, marco rubio's thirsty response and the showdown over cabinet nominee chuck hagel. i talked about all of it with democratic strategist robert zimmerman starting with the man who wants to be in charge at the pentagon. the showdown over chuck hagel's nomination, blocked by republicans until of presidents day break. very rare to filibuster a cabinet pick. i want to show you what john mccain said on fox. he said, there's a lot of ill will towards senator hagel because when he was a republican, he attacked president bush mercilessly and said he was the worst president since herbert hoover, said the surge was the worst blunder since the vietnam war. which is nonsense. antihis own party, people don't forget that. is this hagel fight about policy or is it about a political payback? >> this is all about politics. when you listen to that quote from john mccain and you watch the way he and his colleagues conducted themselves, they look like an infomercial for anger management therapy. it was truly nothing more than a grudge ma
now, that's progressive. >>> president obama's state of the union speech, marco rubio's thirsty response and the showdown over cabinet nominee chuck hagel. i talked about all of it with democratic strategist robert zimmerman starting with the man who wants to be in charge at the pentagon. the showdown over chuck hagel's nomination, blocked by republicans until of presidents day break. very rare to filibuster a cabinet pick. i want to show you what john mccain said on fox. he said,...
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we say we're post-racial because we have a black president and millions of white folks turned barack obama into their own person cliff huxtable. that doesn't mean we are past racism. that is what we have to deal with. >> anthony, do you agree with that? >> absolutely. i think especially we're talking about the whole big picture of hollywood and where we all work. on the surface, it's liberal. but when you look deeper than that, it's completely face value. and it's always an issue. and i think it's the consciousness that we need to continue to bring up and to discuss. that will only help us move forward. >> jamison, you made a point, we were talking about news. and i said if it's the black guy on the news on the weekend and i said, how many brown-skinned brothers do you see anchoring the news. and you said, what? >> one. one. just one. just you. just you. turn the channel. turn the channel, come back. you'll be right here. >> where's the arab guy? >> where's the arab guy? the arab anchor? seriously, dean, where's the arab anchor, the asian anchor, the hispanic anchor? where are the brown-sk
we say we're post-racial because we have a black president and millions of white folks turned barack obama into their own person cliff huxtable. that doesn't mean we are past racism. that is what we have to deal with. >> anthony, do you agree with that? >> absolutely. i think especially we're talking about the whole big picture of hollywood and where we all work. on the surface, it's liberal. but when you look deeper than that, it's completely face value. and it's always an issue....
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the next day, president obama speaks publicly about the case for the first time. >> if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. >> reporter: march 4th, a group call the new black panther party offers a $10,000 reward for zimmerman's "capture." trayvon martin rallies held across the country demanding zimmerman's arrest. april 11th, zimmerman charged with second degree murder and turns himself in. bond set at $150,000 and three days later, he walks out of jail in the middle night of, only to return six weeks later when a judge revokes his bond after prosecutors say zimmerman and his wife lied about being poor at his bond hearing, failing to mention hundreds of thousands of donated dollars from supporters, this time zimmerman's wife is also arrested, charged with perjury. july 6th. zimmerman's release from jail again, now on $1 million bond and goes into hiding. zimmerman appears on fox news. >> anything you might do differently in retrospect now that time has passed a little bit? >>> no, sir. >> reporter: his defense team lobbies successfully to have the judge in his case replaced. justi
the next day, president obama speaks publicly about the case for the first time. >> if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. >> reporter: march 4th, a group call the new black panther party offers a $10,000 reward for zimmerman's "capture." trayvon martin rallies held across the country demanding zimmerman's arrest. april 11th, zimmerman charged with second degree murder and turns himself in. bond set at $150,000 and three days later, he walks out of jail in the middle...
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we say we're post-racial because we have a black president and millions of white folks turned barack obama into their own person cliff huxtable. >> anthony, do you agree with that? >> absolutely. i think especially we're talking about the whole big picture of hollywood and where we all work. on the surface, it's liberal. but when you look deeper than that, it's completely face value. and it's always an issue. and i think it's the consciousness that we need to continue to bring up and to discuss. that will only help us move forward. >> jamison, you made a point, we were talking about news. and i said if it's the black guy on the news on the weekend and i said, how many brown-skinned brothers do you see anchoring the news. and you said, what? >> one. one. just one. just you. just you. turn the channel. turn the channel, come back. you'll be right here. >> where's the arab guy? >> where's the arab guy? the arab anchor? seriously, dean, where's the arab anchor, the asian anchor, the hispanic anchor? where are the brown-skinned african-american news anchors? >> why does it matter on cnn? we've
we say we're post-racial because we have a black president and millions of white folks turned barack obama into their own person cliff huxtable. >> anthony, do you agree with that? >> absolutely. i think especially we're talking about the whole big picture of hollywood and where we all work. on the surface, it's liberal. but when you look deeper than that, it's completely face value. and it's always an issue. and i think it's the consciousness that we need to continue to bring up...
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you believe that your government, president barack obama, may well attack its own people. how are they going to do that with the american military or without the american military? >> it really isn't our government that i'm worried about, it's something bigger than our government. it's the united nations. >> so the united nations is about to attack american people. which part of the united nations do you think is about to launch an attack on the greatest military power that the planet earth has ever seen, that has 5,000 nuclear warheads? which part of the world do you imagine is right now marshaling its troops to invade america? >> i'm not saying they are going to do that. i'm saying we need the second amendment as insurance against them trying anything funny. >> how many of your commerce sha -- customers share your views, do you think? >> i couldn't tell you a number on that. >> i would imagine that the profits you're making from this extremely cynical commercial exercise involving armed people who you have no idea who they are coming to your restaurant will perk up your
you believe that your government, president barack obama, may well attack its own people. how are they going to do that with the american military or without the american military? >> it really isn't our government that i'm worried about, it's something bigger than our government. it's the united nations. >> so the united nations is about to attack american people. which part of the united nations do you think is about to launch an attack on the greatest military power that the...
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and he said he had told president obama he wasn't qualified. that's probably the only truth he said in that entire hearing. it was a hearing that was full of chuck hagel saying i should have said, i meant to say, let me clarify this. there were clarifications to his clarifications. so he looked very poor. he looked ill-prepared. he looked rather incompetent. had this been an interview for a private sector job, he probably wouldn't be getting hired. >> at one point, football was so violent, critics wanted to ban it. the president of the united states had to step in to help save it. tom foreman follows the american journey of this country's most popular sport. ♪ >> the numbers expected from the big game are staggering. 179 million fans will likely watch. almost 8 million will buy new tvs, and total consumer spending for wings, beer, pizzas and more will top $12 billion. so how did we get there from here? this is believed to be the oldest film of a college match, princeton and yale, 1903. at that time, versions of the game had already been playe
and he said he had told president obama he wasn't qualified. that's probably the only truth he said in that entire hearing. it was a hearing that was full of chuck hagel saying i should have said, i meant to say, let me clarify this. there were clarifications to his clarifications. so he looked very poor. he looked ill-prepared. he looked rather incompetent. had this been an interview for a private sector job, he probably wouldn't be getting hired. >> at one point, football was so...
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and today was president obama's fifth appearance at the national prayer breakfast. he says it's a wonderful event. but one that in his experience wears off all too quickly. >> when i go back to the oval office and i start watching the cable news networks, and it's like, we didn't pray. >> i hope he was watching us. president says his hope is for humility, that carries over every day. maybe he should hope for a prayer breakfast every day. >>> in about 24 hours, we are really in for a rude awakening here in the northeast. it's coming in the form of a very powerful nor'easter. and it's stirring up a lot of bad memories. it's expected to hit on the 35th anniversary of that, on your screen is the 1978 blizzard. and if you weren't alive or you were too young to remember, it was awful. or so i'm toad. let's get straight to meteorologist chad myers who is standing by. i am very, very confused by what i have been told about this nor'easter. depending what models you are looking at we will get three inches of snow or three and a half feet. i don't understand how it could be s
and today was president obama's fifth appearance at the national prayer breakfast. he says it's a wonderful event. but one that in his experience wears off all too quickly. >> when i go back to the oval office and i start watching the cable news networks, and it's like, we didn't pray. >> i hope he was watching us. president says his hope is for humility, that carries over every day. maybe he should hope for a prayer breakfast every day. >>> in about 24 hours, we are really...
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. >> the secretary urged congress to accept president obama's call yesterday for smaller package of cuts to avoid the across the board reductions known as sequestration, you probably heard a lot about that, that sequestration would reduce defense spending by $45 billion through september. the national board of the boy scouts of america has decided to put off an important vote to decide on lifting or not lifting a ban on gays until may. the vote was expected to come today, but moments ago the board said it needed more time for a more deliberate review of the membership policy, due to quote, the complexity of the issue. if the national ban is eliminated, it could be left up to the local scout units to decide if they will accept gay leaders and scouts or if they will not. >>> in the south pacific a powerful magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck off the solomon islands today. and that triggered a tsunami. five people were killed, when a three foot high wave hit the santa cruz islands part of the solomon chain. the tsunami warning for several countries has now luckily been cancelled. >>> in egypt a
. >> the secretary urged congress to accept president obama's call yesterday for smaller package of cuts to avoid the across the board reductions known as sequestration, you probably heard a lot about that, that sequestration would reduce defense spending by $45 billion through september. the national board of the boy scouts of america has decided to put off an important vote to decide on lifting or not lifting a ban on gays until may. the vote was expected to come today, but moments ago...
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president obama will announce 34,000 u.s. troops currently in afghanistan will be back home by this time yex neanext year. it is a big foreign policy to be made, it's expected to be largely about economic issues and the middle class. >> what do you think, is it going to be partisan or more of an olive branch? >> i don't think it will be either, if i can be so bold as to take something that you're not offering a choice that you're not offering. >> you may take it as always. >> i think he will be assertive. i think he will not perceive, he and the white house will not perceive what he's saying as overtly confrontational. i'm sure it will be interpreted that way. i don't anticipate a big olive branch of a speech. he'll talk about common sense measures republicans have supported in the past and stlu as bipartisan. >> the agenda on immigration, gun control, climate by definition, pre-stage conflict with republicans who are ambivalent at best about moving forward on anything. on the other hand, on the big issue of the debt and defi
president obama will announce 34,000 u.s. troops currently in afghanistan will be back home by this time yex neanext year. it is a big foreign policy to be made, it's expected to be largely about economic issues and the middle class. >> what do you think, is it going to be partisan or more of an olive branch? >> i don't think it will be either, if i can be so bold as to take something that you're not offering a choice that you're not offering. >> you may take it as always....
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president obama faced this criticism over plans to help more people go to college. now the president is focused on preschool, and thursday unveiled his new early education plan. amy, i'll talk to but this first. how does this new government-funded plan if over with conservatives? tough to argue, right? >> well, no, because it's a question of whether or not it's the federal government's role to be involved in education or a state function. a lot of conservatives believe it's a state function. education is only funded by the federal government by about 7%. i think in a way the president could get buy in on his pre-k plan is if he were to stug as a school choice program -- suggest it as a school choice program. parents could have vouch force send their child to any pre-k program of their choosing, i think you might see conservatives backing that. >> yeah. the argument may be that the funding is not going in the correct place and maybe won't help as many kids as planned. maria, what's your take? >> here's the issue with what amy said. first of all, it is what the presid
president obama faced this criticism over plans to help more people go to college. now the president is focused on preschool, and thursday unveiled his new early education plan. amy, i'll talk to but this first. how does this new government-funded plan if over with conservatives? tough to argue, right? >> well, no, because it's a question of whether or not it's the federal government's role to be involved in education or a state function. a lot of conservatives believe it's a state...
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once obama's buzz word, it's so yesterday. still tough talk helped obama win a payroll tax cut and perhaps even the election. so he may be gambling for more. so the talk back question for you today, should president obama use his bully pulpit more? facebook.com/carolcnn. or tweet me @carolcnn. >>> welcome to a special edition of "newsroom." i'm carol castel low. a special announcement that pope benedict will resign. a quick check of other top stories. a main road connecting long island to new york city has reopened just in time for the morning rush hour. the long island expressway had been shut down to crews could clear snow and ice nearly eight inches deep. but getting to the highway is its own challenge. some surface streets still have not been plowed. >>> more now on the major news from the vatican, that post benedict is resigning at the end of the month. the 85-year-old pope is announcing his advanced age. he's the first pope to resign in nearly 600 years. let's check in with chris cuomo. >> just to give context to the int
once obama's buzz word, it's so yesterday. still tough talk helped obama win a payroll tax cut and perhaps even the election. so he may be gambling for more. so the talk back question for you today, should president obama use his bully pulpit more? facebook.com/carolcnn. or tweet me @carolcnn. >>> welcome to a special edition of "newsroom." i'm carol castel low. a special announcement that pope benedict will resign. a quick check of other top stories. a main road connecting...
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president obama's big pick for cia director up for con fir make in a few hours. but will members of his own party derail it? >> i don't know. >> lots of drama. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm zoraida sambolinment. >> i'm john berman. it's thursday, february 7th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's get started. up first, brace yourselves, bundle up, buy a shovel. this will be a big one. at this moment a blaizzard watc is in effects for new england. a storm is headed that way and could be historihistoric. it could drop two feet of snow in some places and it all starts tomorrow. you told us this was coming yesterday, you were on top of this one. >> we're trying. boston could rival its worst blizzard from 2003 which had 27 1/2 inches. all of this talks about two storm systems coming together. the first one here, notice in the south, all instability, a tornado warming out there for plaquemines parish. this is moving off to the east. we will watch this produce heavy showers even through atlanta. a low will form, become a rain and wind event as it moves across or n
president obama's big pick for cia director up for con fir make in a few hours. but will members of his own party derail it? >> i don't know. >> lots of drama. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm zoraida sambolinment. >> i'm john berman. it's thursday, february 7th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's get started. up first, brace yourselves, bundle up, buy a shovel. this will be a big one. at this moment a blaizzard watc is in effects for new england. a storm is...
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president obama moments ago touring the supplemental module outfitting facility. never heard of that, really? a large building at the newport news shipyard, actually in virginia. >> it supports the building of large sections of nuclear attack subs specializes in construction of the front end of the submarines. standing by for the president to speak about it and the kinds of cuts the spending cuts that are going to go into effect friday, how it could impact this particular shipyard. talking about $85 billion in cuts, impact defense, social programs unless congress and the white house reach some new budget deal by
president obama moments ago touring the supplemental module outfitting facility. never heard of that, really? a large building at the newport news shipyard, actually in virginia. >> it supports the building of large sections of nuclear attack subs specializes in construction of the front end of the submarines. standing by for the president to speak about it and the kinds of cuts the spending cuts that are going to go into effect friday, how it could impact this particular shipyard....
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revenue from closing those tax loopholes that both presidential candidates, mitt romney and president obama, talked about during the last campaign. they're all still out there. we haven't touched any of those. >> well, just to be fair, mitt romney said he would lower the tax rate in exchange for closing those, and you did limit deductions as part of the federal -- part of the fiscal cliff deal. so let me ask you about that specifically, because this whole tax issue, adam davidson and i quote him every single night so i hope he listens, co-founder of npr's planet money noted in the "new york times" that increasing the middle class tax burden by an additional 8% would have a bigger impact than taxing millionaires at 100% and of course, congressman, leaders of your own party, bill clinton also knows this. here's bill clinton at a conference i was at with him a year ago. >> i think you could tax me at 11 00% and you wouldn't balance the budget. we all have to contribute to this. if middle class people's wages were going up again and we had some growth in the economy, i don't think they would ob
revenue from closing those tax loopholes that both presidential candidates, mitt romney and president obama, talked about during the last campaign. they're all still out there. we haven't touched any of those. >> well, just to be fair, mitt romney said he would lower the tax rate in exchange for closing those, and you did limit deductions as part of the federal -- part of the fiscal cliff deal. so let me ask you about that specifically, because this whole tax issue, adam davidson and i...
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to have been a part of the president obama dream team for the united states of america. his presidency is historic. his team in the white house is historic. and the team at the department of interior are historic. and for that i will ever be eternally grateful to you, my wonderful friend, mr. president. >> thank you. >> so, with your leadership and support, and this wonderful team that we have here, we have, in fact, changed wait that the department of interior does business. we have seized the opportunity together with our other colleagues on the cabinet, and under the president's leadership and your stellar staff here at the white house, to put the nation on a path towards energy independence. today the largest solar projects in the history of the world are coming up out of the deserts of the public lands of the united states and our foreign oil imports are at the lowest that they have been since 1995. i'm proud, mr. president, of you and your team, because of your leadership on conservation for america. from your support in the signing of the historic 2009 public land
to have been a part of the president obama dream team for the united states of america. his presidency is historic. his team in the white house is historic. and the team at the department of interior are historic. and for that i will ever be eternally grateful to you, my wonderful friend, mr. president. >> thank you. >> so, with your leadership and support, and this wonderful team that we have here, we have, in fact, changed wait that the department of interior does business. we...
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michelle obama was here for hadiya pendleton's funeral over the weekend. hundreds of other people also showed up. this was a young girl, a 15-year-old girl who was a good student. going to a great school here in the chicago area. she had an absolutely bright future. came from a great family. and she was gunned down, ending her life with such a great life to lead. it has promgt prompted people t enough is enough. we need answers to the gun violence problem in chicago. the first step in that is solving this young girl's murder and hopefully police are on the right track in that regard. this new development is seen as a positive one in the chicago area. mayor rahm emanuel called the parents of hadiya yesterday to tell them. >> let's not forget that hadiya was the 42nd person in the city this year to be the victim of gun violence. thank you very much. >>> the president will visit chicago on friday. he is expected to address the rash of gun violence there. his pointman on the issue will be in philadelphia today selling the message. vice president biden will mee
michelle obama was here for hadiya pendleton's funeral over the weekend. hundreds of other people also showed up. this was a young girl, a 15-year-old girl who was a good student. going to a great school here in the chicago area. she had an absolutely bright future. came from a great family. and she was gunned down, ending her life with such a great life to lead. it has promgt prompted people t enough is enough. we need answers to the gun violence problem in chicago. the first step in that is...
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regarding what obama knew, obama's chief of staff said the president was briefed throughout the night, and the secretary of defense told congress obama acted soon after the attack unfolded. >> after the initial reports about the attack in benghazi, we received, general dempsey and i met with president obama and he ordered all available dod assets to respond to the attack. >> reporter: mccain also wants to know what also did the president take? in this letter to congress, it said obama himself was called the day after the attack. mccain also asking did the president and secretary of state clinton know about a cable from ambassador chris steves warning the danconsulate, quote, could sustain an assault. he strongly believes that the obama administration simply did not support the fragile libyan government enough in the early days. that led to a fragile security situation that he believes that, at the end of the day, contributed to this attack. >> as you know, getting the answers to these questions, part of the issue's involved chuck hagel. by now, there was supposed to be a new defense s
regarding what obama knew, obama's chief of staff said the president was briefed throughout the night, and the secretary of defense told congress obama acted soon after the attack unfolded. >> after the initial reports about the attack in benghazi, we received, general dempsey and i met with president obama and he ordered all available dod assets to respond to the attack. >> reporter: mccain also wants to know what also did the president take? in this letter to congress, it said...
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in her resignation letter to president obama, mrs. clinton thanked him for his friendship and the opportunity to serve. jill dougherty is joining us from the state department. a pretty tumultuous reception upon her departure? >> reporter: yes, it was quite some day. she was right here in this hall about two hours ago after an emotional farewell to her staff. on her last afternoon as secretary of state, an emotional farewell to the state department staff hillary clinton led for four years. >> i will miss you, i will probably be dialing ops just to talk. i will wonder what you all are doing because i know that because of your efforts day after day, we are making a real difference. >> but early friday morning, even before she left her house, reports of a suicide bombing outside the u.s. embassy in turkey. clinton was briefed by her staff, then was driven to the state department where she called the u.s. ambassador to turkey and the turkish foreign minister. at the same time, senator john kerry, the man who within hours would succeed pres
in her resignation letter to president obama, mrs. clinton thanked him for his friendship and the opportunity to serve. jill dougherty is joining us from the state department. a pretty tumultuous reception upon her departure? >> reporter: yes, it was quite some day. she was right here in this hall about two hours ago after an emotional farewell to her staff. on her last afternoon as secretary of state, an emotional farewell to the state department staff hillary clinton led for four years....
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there are two great parents in washington, michelle and barack obama, they chose the best school for their daughters. republicans think every parent should have that right doesn't matter what your last name is or where you came from, why shouldn't parents be able to choose the best school for their kids. that would transform our educational system. that's a new idea. but it's an idea that is consistent with who we are as republicans and what we believe. we had a ton of failure in education from the old top down political approach that the democrats advanced. let's try something different. >> maria, i want your perspective. we have to show chris christie on letterman. he's a new kind of republican. he can talk to the working person, and they believe him. one of the reasons that people embrace chris christie in new jersey is because he has a sense of humor. so let's take a look at him on letterman last night. >> i made jokes about you, not just one or two, not just ongoing here and there, intermittent. but -- >> i didn't know this was going to be this long. >> maria, i'm not suggesting
there are two great parents in washington, michelle and barack obama, they chose the best school for their daughters. republicans think every parent should have that right doesn't matter what your last name is or where you came from, why shouldn't parents be able to choose the best school for their kids. that would transform our educational system. that's a new idea. but it's an idea that is consistent with who we are as republicans and what we believe. we had a ton of failure in education from...
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. >> let's talk about president obama, heading to maryland for a strategy session. he hopes to enlist their help in pushing his second-term agenda tackling immigration reform and gun control. meanwhile, the white house says that the president will visit israel and visit west bank and israel. he visited as a presidential candidate, but has not been back since president. >>> a scare in central park. two tourists had to be rescued after they ignored thin ice signs and tried to walk on a frozen pond. such a bad idea. they fell through. fire crews extended rescue ladders and one went in with a wet suit. >>> parts of the northeast may get a blast of blistering cold. indra peterson joins us now to explain. cold and snow, indra. >> a potential nor'easter developing. in atlanta, looking at delays due to low visibility. a quarter mile or less. actually about a tenth of a mile. we're watching some delays in an hour out toward raleigh. this is what we're watching. a low down near the south. and another low down near canada. could merge. potentially good snowmaker here by the en
. >> let's talk about president obama, heading to maryland for a strategy session. he hopes to enlist their help in pushing his second-term agenda tackling immigration reform and gun control. meanwhile, the white house says that the president will visit israel and visit west bank and israel. he visited as a presidential candidate, but has not been back since president. >>> a scare in central park. two tourists had to be rescued after they ignored thin ice signs and tried to walk...
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president obama's plan for immigration reform was leaked over the the weekend. it includes a clear path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. republican senators john mccain and marco rubio were working on a senate immigration plan that quickly criticized the president's version. it's only a backup in case congress fails to act. >>> more from marco rubio. you remember him reaching for that bottle of water during his response to the state of union address. now a pact, his pact, has turned this into a $100,000 moment. rubio's pact has raised that much money being giving away water bottles for any donation over $25. that's smart politics. >>> so danica patrick has made nascar history. she's the first woman to win the poll for the storied daytona 500. now some details on the pope's declining health. pope benedict may be blind in his left eye. that's according to a german journalist. he tells the newspaper the pope's hearing has also faded. he says the pope is so thin the tailors struggle to keep him in his clothes. he cited his poor health for his decision to leave
president obama's plan for immigration reform was leaked over the the weekend. it includes a clear path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. republican senators john mccain and marco rubio were working on a senate immigration plan that quickly criticized the president's version. it's only a backup in case congress fails to act. >>> more from marco rubio. you remember him reaching for that bottle of water during his response to the state of union address. now a pact, his pact, has...